Also in the digital category, reporter Taryn Grant won the breaking news award in a small/medium market for her coverage of the tensions surrounding the First Nations lobster harvest in southwest Nova Scotia.
In October 2020, weeks after the Sipekne katik band launched its moderate livelihood fishery outside of the federally mandated season, several hundred commercial fishermen and their supporters raided two facilities where Mi kmaw fishermen were storing their catch.
A woman wears a face mask honouring the Treaty of 1752 as members of the Sipekne katik First Nation and others attend a ceremony on the wharf in Saulnierville, N.S., to bless the fleet before it launches its own self-regulated fishery on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.(Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)
Posted: Apr 18, 2021 5:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 18
The Nova Scotia Remembers Legacy Society, a volunteer group formed in the aftermath of the killings, has organized a memorial race and a private gathering for the families of the victims and special guests on Sunday.(Liam Hennessey/The Canadian Press)
Sister of N.S. shooting victim wants answers and action to ensure my family s death wasn t in vain
Sunday is the anniversary of the mass shooting that killed 22 people in Nova Scotia, marking a year of pain, perseverance, and lingering questions for bereaved loved ones.
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Posted: Apr 16, 2021 2:55 PM ET | Last Updated: April 16
From left, Emily Tuck, Jolene Oliver and Aaron Tuck. Investigators believe the family was killed in their home in Portapique, N.S. the night of April 18, 2020, but their bodies were not discovered until 19 hours later.(Tammy Oliver-McCurdie/The Canadian Press)
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The release said a province-wide moment of silence will be observed at 3 p.m. AT on Sunday.
The Nova Scotia Remembers Legacy Society, a volunteer group formed in the aftermath of the shootings, has also organized a memorial race and a private gathering for the families of the victims and special guests on Sunday.
The day will begin at 7 a.m. AT with runs in and around Truro and Colchester County. The society said spectators are welcome along the course route with physical distancing, but won t be allowed at the start or finish lines.
Proceeds from participants will go toward installing a permanent memorial for the victims.
Posted: Apr 13, 2021 5:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 13
A memorial shows a photo of Gina Goulet, who was killed on April 19, 2020. (Pat Callaghan/CBC)
Karen Dean knew her friend Gina wouldn t want her to be frozen in grief.
In the days after Dean learned Gina Goulet and 21 other people were killed last year, she decided to commission T-shirts and hoodies featuring the phrase Nova Scotia Strong and images of a red heart over a map of the central part of the province.
On April 18 and April 19, 2020, a gunman disguised as a Mountie torched homes and killed neighbours, acquaintances and strangers. The shooter travelled nearly 200 kilometres on rural roads before RCMP shot and killed him at a gas station in Enfield, N.S.